Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Writing Life

  • NaNoWriMo

    It’s that time again – November means that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is upon us. As usual, I’m participating, and as usual, 50,000 words is just the beginning of what I need to write this month.    This month, my plan is to finish Bartholomew’s book, The Crusader’s Kiss, as well as continue to…

  • Red Door Reads

    One of the fun things that happens at NINC is meeting up with some friends, and catching up on their news. This year, I was talking with Claudia Dain and Deb Marlowe. (Okay, we were in the Tiki Bar and there were drinks on the table!) I knew they had started Red Door Reads a…

  • Home from NINC

    Phew! I’m home again from the fabulous Novelists’ Inc conference, which was once again held at St. Pete’s Beach in Florida. It was – as ever – an informative and interesting conference, plus a chance to meet up with good friends and make new ones. I had a lot of good meetings, and will have…

  • The Day After

    Yesterday, I sent Wulfe and Christina’s book, The Crusader’s Heart, to my editor. Phew! I like this book a lot. This pair surprised me a few times and their story made me cry a couple of times. This is all good and I can’t wait to hear back from my editor on her thoughts. Today,…

  • Summer Writing 8

    The big finish. After seven weeks of writing full out, where do I stand? Last week, my tally was 73K words written in six weeks. This past week was insanely productive. As is so often the case with a book, Wulfe and Christina’s book poured from my fingertips as it came to its conclusion. I…